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1. #How to reformat a usb drive to install windows 10 install#
2. #How to reformat a usb drive to install windows 10 for windows 10#

This has become problem as a number of laptops and tablet PCs no longer ship with DVD drives.

#How to reformat a usb drive to install windows 10 install#

The best way to install Windows on these devices is to use a USB flash drive that contains the Windows installation files. Windows 7 or Windows 8 ISO file and WinRAR or a burned DVD with the install source files.As an extra benefit, modern USB flash drives are typically much faster than DVDs resulting in a quick install. You may need a 8 GB USB flash drive for some Windows 8 images. Let’s get started. First we need to format the USB flash drive to erase any existing data on the drive. Click on the Start Button and then Computer to bring up your drives. Next, right click on the removable USB flash drive and select Format.Ĭlick Start and the USB flash drive will be formatted. Now it is time to extract the setup from a Windows 7/8 ISO image file. If you have a physical Windows install DVD then skip to step 3. To extract the files from the ISO file you will need WinRAR. If you do not already have WinRAR download and install that now. Once you have WinRAR installed navigate to the ISO file in explorer and right click on the file and select the bottom Extract to option. The ISO file will now be extracted to a sub-folder with the same name as the ISO file. This can take a few minutes to complete.ģ. Copying source files to USB flash drive The final step is to copy the install source onto the USB flash drive in a way that will allow the Windows 7/8 install to boot up.

#How to reformat a usb drive to install windows 10 for windows 10#

#HOW TO REFORMAT A USB DRIVE FOR WINDOWS 10 ISO INSTALL# Depending on where your source files are located there are two different methods to copy the files onto the flash drive.

Open up command prompt and navigate to the directory you extracted the source files from the ISO file with the CD command. Then, run XCOPY *.* J: /e and hit Enter to start the copy. #HOW TO REFORMAT A USB DRIVE FOR WINDOWS 10 ISO ISO# Be sure to replace J with the drive letter of your USB flash drive. The instructions are slightly different when using a physical DVD. Open up command prompt and type XCOPY D: J: /e and hit Enter. Installing Windows 7/8 from the USB flash drive Replace D with the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive and replace J with the drive letter of your USB flash drive.ĥ. Once the file copy has completed you are ready to plug the USB flash drive into your computer.